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Monthly Archive for May, 2010

: May, 2010

New home sales were up 14.8 percent in April compared with March, according to a report from the Commerce Department. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000 units was the highest since April 2008. …

In what has become a common refrain, home prices increased 1.7 percent in March over the same period a year ago, but fell 6.15 percent in the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan area, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. …

In the latest example of the local housing market lagging behind the national trend, foreclosures in Washington were up 40.04 percent in April over the previous month and 29.95 percent over a year ago, according to a report from RealtyTrac. …

Seattle-based real estate website Zillow has been slapped with a patent lawsuit by business information service First American CoreLogic. …

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